Kyodo News, Dec 16, 2013: Radioactive cesium levels in Miyagi forest soil up since 2011 [...] The government of Miyagi Prefecture [...] is worried about the impact on forestry and related industries if the trend persists, an official said. In a forest in the town of Marumori [60 km from Fukushima Daiichi], the average cesium level of 10 samples of fallen quills was 26,684 becquerels per kilogram in June 2012, but rose to 42,759 becquerels a year later. And the level in soil up to 10 cm deep increased from 721 becquerels to 3,225 becquerels [rising 4.5-fold], according to the study. In a forest in Ishinomaki, [120 km] from the damaged nuclear plant, the level climbed about 50 percent to 3,611 becquerels among fallen quills and by 2.5-fold to 620 becquerels in soil. [...] The results differ from a study the Forestry Agency conducted in 2011 and 2012 in three municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, which found levels of cesium increasing in soil but declining in fallen foliage.
Radioactive Cesium in Forests is Limited to the Soil’s Surface Layer (pdf), Nov. 29, 2013: For more than two years starting in May 2011, [Takahiro Nakanishi of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency] and his colleagues conducted observations of the broad-leaved deciduous forests in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, to determine how radioactive cesium which fell on fallen leaves of deciduous trees and other material migrated to the soil, and behaved after that. […] the research group believes it will be necessary to watch how the radioactive cesium which has accumulated in the surface layer of the soil is incorporated into the internal cycles of forest ecosystems. […] The total cumulative amount of 137Cs from the fallen leaf layer to a soil depth of 10cm was about 20kBq/m2 [20,000 becquerels per square meter] throughout the observation period [...]

I live just east of Sacramento, CA. Over the past 4 days, I have seen 6 fighter jets buzzing by overhead. I can't find anything in the news to explain it, and this is NOT normal.
On the streets of South Sacramento, I've seen 3 unmarked MRAPs caravaning down surface streets.
I have had many friends see DHS "Police" vehicles around Sacramento recently besides me.

Then someone in Salem, Oregon took this video yesterday (12/15). MASSIVE amount of armored vehicles, HEADING SOUTH, towards California. Many of them have Red Cross logos on them.

When was the last time you saw an armored Red Cross vehicle on the streets of America?

Too many coincidences. But why?

What if DHS is aware that a major revelation about Fukushima's effect on the US West Coast is imminent? What if they are preplacing their armored vehicles in key locations in California in anticipation of civil unrest or chaos?

What kind of revelation? Either an admittance that California has been bombarded with radiation, or an evacuation order?

My 32 year old classmate from high school got diagnosed with thyroid cancer last week. She lives in Santa Cruz. 2.5 year latency period in adults, right?

The government must be well aware that the amount of thyroid cancer cases is about to explode. Stands to reason that they also deduce that a critical mass will awaken at that point and the shit will hit the fan.

If what kidicarus notes would be the case, then it would be very bad for the crews that would also be sent to man these vehicles. More becquerels bed for all. Think most pills offer only false hope, as their several ways of attack into one's body.

@bozzy54, What are "heuys"? @Netlifromvermont, My son and his new wife are moving back to SF for college. I'm anxious too, urge them to use caution and have a quick exit plan “just in case”. They are cautious (won't eat any fish, boycott anything Japanese)but still skeptical about the magnitude of the danger. They're still optimistic about the future. I wish I could share their optimism….

Military helicopters. I suggest they buy a radiation detector. I check my food and so far it seems okay to eat. It's not that bad here yet but we can't get MSM to report and/or our government to test and report to us. So who knows?

Great. Glad to hear all of the above. As of a couple of days ago, there were nuclear materials on the loose.

That's not to say TPTB aren't planning some kind of a false flag. Or preparing for chaos, should the Fed be stupid enough to do some serious tinkering with QE. Their track record so far isn't reassuring.

Hey HoTaters, Turlock–that would be mine. Still unreliable, see my post below from the "Post your Rad Monitor Results" forum.

Sparky December 16, 2013 at 8:11 am @Paulie777 and all, my GMC-330E in Turlock, CA (Central Valley) is posting on NETC (Yeah & Thanks, Harlan!!). Internal and external readings have been in the range of 12-30 CPM gamma. However, I wouldn't consider these figures reliable just yet (stationary only within the past 32 hrs. or so) until I get the GC and Pi set-up outside under covered roof, with small air purifier. Given some work deadlines, that probably won't happen for another few days yet. In the meantime, my set-up is inside, stationary, near an outside wall. So…I'll celebrate and alert others when all is in order. Also, I noticed that there are a few other new, private sites posting on NETC from OR. Yeah!

Sparky, Glad to see your Turlock site up and running, Congrats! We do have a couple new ones here in Oregon, Tualatin, (mine) and Aloha, just started recently. From what I see there are two states without monitors. Wyoming and Mississippi. I expect they will join in before long as it is clear we're on our own. these detectors are by no means replacements for what the Gov. should be providing us. But at least they provide some sense of Rad levels eh?

@KiloCharley-thanks, and Congratulations on getting your new rad sites up and running! Are there 3–all yours? I'm impressed! Yeah, EPA is the ultimate slacker on providing timely, accurate data. Rather cowardly that they pull them just when they're edging upwards–which is often, these days. I'm not sure who they're protecting, but it sure isn't us/U.S. I haven't even gotten my GC fully, reliably situated and I beginning to feel like I need to have another just to carry with me at all times in case the 'Net goes down and/or I get stuck in some local or massive rad hotspot. Strange, getting stranger has become the new normal.

As an aside, the conversations on Enenews are kind of sprouting organically, posted off-topic, off-forum and then some. My apologies to all as my post here might just be a case in point. But sometimes the site and conversations become a bit disjointed for time and content, so you have to chase them down just to respond. Interesting, gratifying and frustrating at times. But I'll try not to be part of the problem.

So stay well and keep posting KC. 'Good we're building a strong network.

KidIcarus, thanks for alerting the rest of us. We also just had a friend diagnosed with not just thyroid cancer, but lung cancer. They still are not sure whether she just got metastasized cancer seemingly from out of nowhere, or the freaky simultaneous occurrence of two cancers. Unfortunately, that may become more common.

Also, you can check on current beta count readings in several major cities, but not all. Enviroporter.com gives a link to radnet, which is EPA run. (I know that that doesn't inspire trust, but at least you get something.)

Apparently, when the readings go too high, that's when they turn the monitor OFF. Apparently that happened recently in Denver, where it spiked to over 1,000 CPM at least for a short while.

I noted that in cities like Seattle, there are no readings given at all, probably because they are too high. The monitor itself only goes up to 1,000 CPM.

Excerpt: “The article features 30 photos and graphics detailing, among other things, damage projections for Seattle and Los Angeles after being hit by Chinese nuclear warheads and the deadly radiation that would spread all the way to Chicago.”

What I've gathered is that no one can get near reactors 1, 2 and 3, so naturally, it is reactor 4 that is supposed to be "the real hazard." Or so we're told. They also apparently do no follow-ups on health after they fire people for reaching the dosage limit.

The Bay Area has some cancer clusters. I lived there in the fifties and visit often. One should research some of these cancer clusters as a starting point. There is a history of chemicals in manufacturing and nuclear activities, including navy, etc.

Seafood has known elevated levels of various things.

What do you tell young people? Do some research. That is all you can tell anyone.

Read and weep..and people wonder WHY thyroid disease, cancer and birth defects are rising? Fukushima is terrible but so is the cavalier attitude of governments ignoring the danger. No wonder Japan dismissed the radiation dangers..EVERYONE IS DOING IT! Russia no thanks to you….radiation is dangerous!

Did you read the full article ? Scoll down and read holy shit everyone dumping in the ocean up until the 90's.
And the amounts are unbelievable ? Don't mean to sound ill-informed. Back then I wonder if those drums where the old standard 55 carbon units. Unbelievable!

The BEST source on nuclear dumping is a film you can watch on youtube called, "Secret Nuclear Waste: The Dark Side of Humanity." It goes into the Russians and Chelnyabysk (I've probably misspelled that), what was dumped into the oceans by the Russians and others, Areva in France, Sellafield in the U.K. It's very well done — "must" viewing.

Obe: In response to my plea for a presidential executive threat to force Japan to 'contain itself', you said:

"You are so hopeful and you really think the President has such powers concerning the Nuclear Cabal."

While you continue to make a global call for nuclear shutdown, at the same time demeaning mine and others quests for "concrete" solutions, can you tell us just whose efforts and solutions, or what types of responses, you would support?

There have been 12 presidents since the Nuclear Cabal took power. You still have 105+ nuclear reactors running inside your country. Any president could have shut them all down..nope…nada..nothing. Always follow the money removed from yours and your children's pockets.

Pretty sure congress are the ones with such power(s)..but good luck anyway!

There is some clause (I think in the Constitution, but really not sure) called "posse comitatus" which makes it illegal for soldiers to be in the streets policing Americans (well, shy of the National Guard.) But it was either Clinton or W who lifted that. Whatever protection we have there, I believe that it's gone.

Even though many of us have been following the hard to believe poisoning of our planet with a broad array of toxic substances for several decades the proportions now are so great and so vast and penetrated into our lives at seemingly every level. No where to get away from it. No trip to the ocean, hike in the meadows, letting snowflakes melt on your tongue, drinking the rainwater, catching a fresh fish to fry on a fire under the stars. How I long for that natural world as this new reality takes the place of the world we have known for hundreds of thousands of years…now the stuff dreams are made of…

Not to mention one, and a couple of other probable 'gatekeepers', who praise the mindless efforts of many, while deriding the harsher words of others, while infusing a fatalistic, defeatist, resignation amongst the bulk of the 'newsers'.

im sorry.. but there is a lot of stupid in this comment section…… you dont just 'evacuate' california….. it just does not happen…. no way…. freaking think about this for just a second, and put down the bong…

no im sorry about peoples being diagnosed with cancer… its happening everywhere.. but i highly doubt it is from fuku….

there is a lot of over reaction here, and everyone is getting riled up because someone saw a black helicopter…. jesus christ settle down….

you stand a much bigger chance of being killed from some mass panic, or the shitty living conditions assumed if there 'were' some evac….. (no food or infection)

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